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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15
BRILLIANT SUCCESS.
Satisfactory Results Obtained by the Os
trich-Growers of Caiiforniss.

trich-Growers of Caiiforni5i.
The growing of ostriches in California
is u brilliant success. The feathers are
equal to the best grown in Africa. The
height of the birds is from to II feet
Their weight varies from 800 to 400
pounds. The male is much the larger
and is black, while the female is gray.
Some male ostriches weigh as much as
500 pounds. 1t is large turkey that
weighs 20 pounds. This shows that a
first class ostrich weighs as much as
twenty-five large turkeys or four large
calves. To stuff an ostrich for baking
purposes, requires two bushels of filling.
When roasted you have one pound of
food for over 500 men.
The female ostrich does not begin to
lay eggs until it is four years old, but it
produces its first crop of feathers at the
end of its first year. Every seven
months thereafter its plumage is ready
for market, yielding about % of the
very finest feathers, besides large
number of less valuable ones. The
feathers are not plucked, but are cut of
quite close to the skin with large shears
made for the purpose. No pain what
ever is intlictedin the operation. Within
a few days after the feathers have been
cut the stubs dry and shrivel to such an
extent that they are easily removed.
The longest and finest white feathers
are worth at wholesale 81 apiece, and
good feathers are worth 5000 q pound
The first clipping of young birds will
average $40 in value. 1t requires a
good deal of capital to start an ostrich
farm, as a full grown pair of birds is
worth from 800 to $500, and single
young bird six months old costs from
$3.50 to 5000; but after once under way,
the return for the Investment is q large
one.
In California nearly all the ostriches
are Matched by incubators driven by
steam.
The stride of the ostrich when feeding
is from 20 to % inches; when walking,
but not feeding, 26 inches; and when
terrified, from II! to IA feet. An ostrich
can do with ease, when frightened,
forty miles an hour. No race horse can
do this. Cor GooddWS Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15
ANCIENT VILLAGES.
Some Interesting Discoveries Recently
Made in Arizona Territory.

Some Interesting Discoveries Recently
Made in Arizona Territory.
Mr. Stevenson researches this season
resulted in the discovery of several an
cient villages, one of which is located
on the Little Colorado. This village
extends over an area of three miles.
Many of the houses stand two and three
stories high, built of square, fiat stones
laid in mortar Several of the larger
buildings, forming one group, are situ-
ated along the banks of small canyon.
This canyon presented many evidences
of the handiwork of the aborigines who
inhabited the dwellings along its banks.
In the walls of this canyon are many
small inches and cavities which had
been walled up, leaving only a small
aperture through which to place small
articles. The plaster, some of which
the party dug out, still retains the
finger-marks and impressions of the
masons who built them. These little
bins must have been for the purpose OF
storing wild seeds and grain, for such
were all they contained. Agriculture,
in the sense as now understood, was
unknown to these people. The domes-
tication of animals was also unknown
to them. Away from this group of
dwellings, up the canyon for several
miles, were found houses and corrals of
various shapes and sizes. Surrounding
this village is a series of volcanic hills
or knobs from fifty to three hundred
feet in height. On the summit of each
was found either round or octagonal-
shaped tower, or fertilization. This was
evidently the object, from the fact that
only one entrance was found to any of
them, and they were in all cases fur
nished with PORTFOLIOS about breast
high, and were seldom 50 constructed
inside Us to indicate permanent dwell
ings. 1t was quite impossible to con-
lecture the age Of this village, and none
of the Indians now inhabiting that coun-
try could enlighten the explorers on the
subject. They only refer to them us
the homes of the ancients. Washington
Letter.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15
BOHEMlA'S CAPITAL.
A City Which Recalls the Peculiarities si
the Orient.

A general view of Prague gives an
impression decidedly oriental. Some OF
its church towers seem like the minar-
cts of mosque. Others have Byzan-
tine look. In no other city of Europe
are massive buildings large enough to
be called palaces more numerous. One
of the old palaces near the station
where you arrive in coming from Dres-
den has been transformed into pow
der magazine. The old palace of the
Kings of Bohemia close by is now a
barrack. In the old portions of the
city, on the right bank, there is
still some of the strong aspect OF
the Hradschin, but commerce is grad
ually softening it, New streets are
being made that are filled with hand
some shops. Broader thoroughfares
are being set with trees, and there are
some well-kept parks and public gar
dens. The public buildings, aside from
the palaces, are not remarkable for
beauty, though there are exceptions
The city hall, which in the German
speaking countries of Europe is called
the Rathouse (Rathaus) is curious archi-
tecturally, and remarkable for its astro-
nomical clock, which excites the atten-
ton of every tourist. 1t is a full curri-
culum in the study of the service of as
tronomy. Near by is church which
contains the tomb of Tycho Brahe, the
Danish astronomer, who came here at
the invitation of the Emperor Rudolph
II. Prague, like other European CAPT.
tails, has it's Academy of Fine Arts, and
is well provided with charitable institu-
tons. Its public monuments in the way
of fountains and statues, though not rs
numerous, are in sufficient number to
shame the poverty in works of art in
the metropolis of America. -Prdgae
| Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15
MASCULINE BEAUTY.
The Man Who Poses for Admiration De
clared to Be "a Desperate Boor.

The Man Who Poses for Admiration Do
clared to Be Desperate Boor.
Somebody has found out that WIN
someness is impossible in man pos
sessed of physical beauty. He may be
a handsome fellow, perhaps u beauty,
and yet that fine and suitable charm
which attaches itself to female lowell
ness can never be his. The mere beauty
of manliness, of character, and brains
carries a heavy weight in its power of
personal attraction. Such us it is, it
captivates women a hundred times
quicker than the acknowledged hand
some man, who, after all, is a rara avis.
Take, for instance, the collection Of
men at Harvard recently as representa-
tives of moral and physical culture,
how many handsome men were in the
crowd? Handsome, that is according
to Apollo Belvidere and the Nicholas
Smith standard. To those who loved
them they were doubtless angels Of
light; to their Wallets, not heroes GER
tainly; the critical and impartial
observer, the personification of brains
and strong mentality. Probably among
them were many vain brothers, self
conceited brothers, though these weak
nesses could not be based on personal
appearance, but rather on who they
were and what they had done with the
talent confined to them. The man Of
regular features and commanding pres
ence, the polished poet and scholar, the
wiry bundle of nervous thought, were
all there, but where was the pure, ply
steal beauty, that type lauded by the
Greeks. because coexistent with intellect
and the highest culture. TWAS no more
there than in any average theater audi
ence. Happily for the world at large
there are few men beauties. Life would
be detestable if lovely woman was not
alone on her pedestal. It's melancholy
to acknowledge it, but the man who
poses for admiration on the ground of
looks is desperate boor.-BoSton Her.
add
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15

just the same hand that 10000, 900 other
people in the United States write, and
if you want to write popular hand
you ought to be very happy man.
T. The mind cure is something that I
know very little about, and yet l often
very cheerfully write about things OF
which | know even less than | do about
this. The mind cure is kind of scheme
by which one mind, through its power
over another, banishes disease from the
physical being. | once employed tall,
thoughtful man to come and treat me
on this plan. He came several days,
and the results We're not very satisfac-
tory. One day it flashed over him that
he had forgotten both days to bring his
instrument with him. The following
day he came in with his mind done up
in shawl strap. He began to work on
me, but did not succeed. Then he rose,
buckled up his shawl strap and started
to 90. | asked him what the bill was,
but he said nothing.
1.-The principle" said he, sis this:
One mind, by its control over another,
works the cure. So it is necessary not
only that l have mind that can APP
ply, but you should also at least have IL
scar or something to show where your
mind used to be. You should have
been fair and square with me and told
me in the first place that you were desti-
tute of any thing of that kind That
was the way to treat a fellow-man who
had never harmed you in any way"
He then strobe out of my apartments.
s. If you will run your tongue out so
that | can see it from where | now sit
as pen these lines, will answer your
question cheerfully, on receipt of New
York draft for seventy-tiye dollars. On
receipt of that amount | will also furn-
ish you with information which may
save your life. 1t will explain how you
may live to good old age and evade
the fool-killer as | have done.
Your friend and well-wisher.
BILL NYE.
P. S.-Please write frequently. 1t
gives you experience and does not offend
me very much.-BW Nye, IN Boston
! Globe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15
MISCELLANEOUS.


"A Deadwood Cd. T.) justice OF the
peace married u couple recently. Ar
hour later they returned and applied tG
the Justice for divorce The bride said
that she got married merely to spite an
old lover.
The production of the very finest
makes of steel has led to the perSectior
of processes in the use of fuel at Spring
field, Mass. A finer grade of gun-metal
is made by flame produced from gas
oline-BostOn Post
Frank Grove, hunting deer on Blue
Mountain, Cal, saw one pass over a
ridge. He hurried up, and looking down
the slope and seeing what he thought
was the deer, fired, and put a bullet
through the leg of miner who was
STOPPING over, shoveling.
Ten thousand families in New York
are said to make way with their vege-
table refuse by burningit in the kitchen
range. An effort is being made to ex-
tend the practice, and if it is successful
New York will probably be the cleanest
city in the world.-M Y Mail.
In Washington dwell two women
who own SO much bric-a-brac that they
have moved into larger house to ac-
commodate it. Among other rare things
is a screen, such as is used in eastern
harems, made of carved wood, with
curious little windows which open and
shut like doors. - WASHINGTON Post.
- woman is bound to have the last
word. When the editor of the ReaUjne
demonstrated with the principal con-
tributor of the poets corner of his valu-
able sheet for writing on both sides of
her paper, she quietly retorted, "Well,
and don't you print on both sides Of
yours? '-BoSton transcript.
-Eunice Barton, an eighteen-year-
old girl of Frederick, W. Va, was shot
dead by her younger sister, who was
examining revolver that she knew
was not loaded. Eunice was to have
been married soon to Asa Gray, young
farmer, but she was buried on that day
instead.
An engineer on an Iowa railroad
saw flock of turkeys on the track, and
knowing their habits, slowed up, blew
his whistle, and got them off without
killing any. The owner, unobserved,
saw the proceedings, ascertained the
engineers name, and sent him the fat
test hen in the flock for his Sunday din
ner.- Chicago Mail.
Before the curtain was drawn up
at the Union Square theater last even
ing" relates the New York World, ga
young woman who occupied a front
seat in the center of the orchestra stood
and deliberately removed lofty and
incorporating bonnet from her head.
AS it disappeared from the INSTRUCTED
view Of those behind round of applause
greeted the considerate action of the
young lady. AT the conclusion Of the
last act the occupants of the neighbour
ing chairs remained in their seats and
allowed her and her escort to precede
them out of the empty aisle"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15
FOB OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
A SPLENDID GRANDMA.

Grandma's eyes are dim,
And Grandma's hair is sprinlled
With threads of white; her cap sets prim
Above face that's wrinkled
But grandma's eyes are kind,
And grandma's smile is CHEEKY:
She likes our noise-she doesn't mind;
She calls US pet and "deary"
She lets us stay about,
She lets US try her glasses;
She says she'd be quite lost without
Her little lads and lasses.
She tells US such lot
or stories, with fairy
And giant in; she knows it's what
/. We like-something real scary.
She sings US songs, while she
Knits on the baby's stocking;
She plays her chairs train, and we
Go whizzing off-arocking.
She makes us piles Of things
Dresses and bibs and jackets;
She finds us buttons for our strings;
And in our biggest rackets
She never scolds at all;
She keeps our playthings mended;
She dresses dolls. She's what we call
A grandma that's just splendid
C-E'nmsd A. 0pper, in Golden Days.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15
DELICATE SURGERY.
Successful Removal of Portion of Hos
pital ratient's Backbone.

piJal Patients Backbone.
One fthc rarest and most dangerous
operations in surgery has been per-
formed at the Cincinnati hospital. It
consisted in removing about three
inches of the backbone and exposing
the spinal cord. The patient was q
young colored man about twenty-one
years of age. When first admitted to
the hospital he was suffering from dis
ease which had broken out over the
head, neck and back in the form of
large assesses, the chief one of which
was about the middle of the back, and
had eaten away the backbone to a con-
siderable extent. The poor fellow could
not lie IN recumbent posture nor on
his side, in consequence of the extreme
pain attending such position, and was
compelled to lie all the while on his
face. Slowly he had lost the power Of
motion and of sensation in his legs, so
that he was completely paralyzed from
the body down. 1t was decided that
his only chance of life lay in
an operation for the removal of
u part of the backbone, so as
to stop the process of decay. He was
then turned on his face, and the plucky
surgeon made an incision right down on
the spine. A large quantity of pus was
revealed, and the cavity was sponged
out carefully in order to see just where
the knife was going. In this region
where one slip of the knife or one false
move would have been fatal to the pa
tient, the surgeon with chiscl and
hammer went down on the bone until
he cut out all that which was in any way
affected, never touching the spinal cord.
There lay the white shining cord at the
bottom of the wound in all its pristine
beauty, and not scratch married it's
surface. The operator smiled with
complaisance when he saw how nicely
he had accomplished his purpose. He
had removed the cause of the suppura-
| ton, hence the abscess would disappear.
He had also removed the cause of the
paralysis, and felt assured power would
now return to the paralyzed legs;
and, more than all, he knew time
would accomplish the filing up of the
place where the bone had formerly
been, The patient recovered from the
ether and was placed in bed on his face.
In three days motion returned to the
| legs, and he was able to move his feet
the first time in nearly a year. About
the same time sensation began to return
in the limbs. In about three weeks he
could bear some weight on his legs,
and at the same time he assumed the
position on his breast and knees which
he has kept ever since. He at length
became strong enough to stand, with
assistance, and take step or two. He
is now able to walk and sit down in d
chair with comfort. OF course his back
is yet weak, and probably never will
regain its former power, but he will be
useful man. The wound has gradually
closed up, leaving only a slight scar,
and causes him little or no pain His
| appetite has returned, and he eats as
much as laboring MANN. W. Chris
tan AdUOCdte.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15
The Tower of London.

Mr.. Lee, in q lecture at Brooklyn the
other day on the Tower of London, stated
that it is fact that grass could never
bcinduced to grow upon the spot where
the hapless Lady Jane Grey yielded up
her innocent life. Another interesting
episode was the narrative of the discov-
cry fewyears ago of lower range OF
dungeons below those which were al
ready known to exist. One of these, a
lower oublicte, was found knee deep
in water, the passage to it swarming
with rats, and in the dungeon the skel-
eton of n woman, with iron chains still
about the bones. Not the slightest clew
to her identity could be found, and even
the very existence of the dungeon had
been forgotten. philadelphia CGH
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15
Disadvantage of Fat.

1t is generally supposed that fat I
pie have much more blood than others.
On the contrary, they have less vital
energy than the thin, not possessing
sufficient blood to bring every organ up
to its full working power, and the fat
hindering what blood there is from
flowing freely enough to the organ
especially at the moment of action re-
curing it. Besides all this, the fat OBJ
structs the play OF the lungs, so that
sufficient air can not be inhaled to
purify the blood; the natural and neces-
sary combustion is thus so interfercd
with that the functions Of the body are
hindere. 1t follows that too much
exertion should always be guarded
against in the people of large and fatty
development, and too much should
never bc expected of them.-lVGrper's
BG.zGF.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15

Dan Crowley, Knox COUNTY,
(Neb.) farmer, pulled up stakes year
ago to get out of the reach of railroads,
and moved to n point where he thought
mo railroad would cut him up" After
Dan had got nicely settled in his new
home the surveyors returned from
Pcnca to Martinsburgh and started the
line toward Sioux City, by way of Elk
Creek, which survey came along and
deliberately passed through Dams gar
den, within a few feet of his door
CHICAGO Herald.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-05-30
Opposition Meetings.

Yesterday was an interesting day among
the evangelists of the city. Two different
meetings at the same time was going on in
the Market House-one held by CITY Mis-
sionary Randall and the other by the Sal
walton army. When the Salvationists
would move at one end of the Market, CITY
Missionary Randall would get within easy
hearing distance, and the two rival
meetings kept the audience in a continual
hubbub, and reminded one more of the
side show of circus or the patent medi-
cine man on the street corner, than re-
ligious assembly. Such ridiculas exhibit
tons of religious worship on the Lord
day takes from it all the spiritual and re-
ligious effect. Christians who are work
Ing for the same cause should work har-
moniously and brotherly in love, if they de
sire to effect good
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-05-30
o. s. NAVAL AcADKIrY.
Program ofE1srcises EnamIna,Ion v,

Program Of Exercises Examination weak.
Commander Sampson, Superintendent
OF the Naval Academy. has issued the
following order of exercises for examina.
ton week at the Naval Academy, begin
ming on the 4th of June:
The Board Of Visitors will be officially
received at 10 q. m, Saturday, June 4th.
The Academic Board and officers In charge
OF other departments viii assemble at the
library building at 9.55 a. M, TO accom-
pany the Superintendent to the Board
House, and then accompany the Board of
Visitors in the inspection of the Academy.
The cadets will be paraded as battalion
OF infantry, with the Academy band, the
centre OF the battalion opposite the flag
stan. The Marine Guard will be paraded
with field music, on the walk opposite the
library building, the right resting on the
road passing in front of the chapel. The
Marine Guard will salute the board of
visitors as Ii passes, and salute of seven
teen guns will be fired from the "Santee. I"
The board will then be received by the
cadets, and the battalion will pass In re-
view. Instructors will be in the buildings
OF their respective departments to assist
the board in its inspection. The uniform
during the reception and inspection will
be full dress" Lieutenant G.. p. Colvo-
coresses is detailed for duty as Secretary
to the Board of Visitors.
PROGRAM OF EXERCISES.
The following is the program Of exer-
cises during the annual examination:
Saturday, June An, 10 a. m.-Receu-
ton of Board of Visitors. p. m.-Dress
parade.
Monday, June 9Th, 10 a. m.-Seaman.
ship-On board the Wyoming" 430 p.
m. Battalion of Artillery.
Tuesday, June 7th, 10 a. m.-Steam
Tactics, 1st and I'd classes Boats under
oars, 3D. and 4th classes; 40 p. m.-Bat-
tallion of infantry; 6 p. m.-Dress parade.
Wednesday, June Sth, 8 a. m.-Gunnery
On board the Wyoming" D. M
Broad swords. small-swords, boxing, and
gymnastics.
Thursday, June oh, 10a. m.-Company
drill for flag. p. m.-Steam drill, Isl
class; Signals, Cd class; Target practice
Rifles, 3D. class; Rigging loft, 4th class; 6
p. m.-Dress parade.
Friday, June 10th, 10. 80 a. m.-Gradua-
ton ceremonies.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1887-05-30
The State Excursion steamer.

The State excursion steamer Governor
Thomas" Capt. JEFF ID. Loker, left here
early Saturday with an excursion party of
ladies and gentlemen from this city and
the Naval Academy for Queen Anne's
county to enjoy lawn party at Waiver
~. the private residence of Judge ]. M.
Robinson, on Chester river. Among the
party were Commander and Mrs. Schoul-
er, Mrs. Fullam, Mrs Lentze, Lieut.. and
Mrs. Mahan, Mrs. Hutchins, Lieut.. Mer-
Ger, and Ensigns Knapp and Gibbons.
from the Naval Academy, Misses Randall
Misses Murray, Mrs. j. Writ Randall, DR..
Burton Randall, Daniel Randall, Miss
Southgate, Miss PARROT, Miss Brown,
James Murray and others. The affair
was no doubt very enjoyable to the par
ties participating, but were it known that
the taxpayers of the State win have to foot
the bill Of this delightful excursion, there
may be some unpleasantness felt i'm some
selfish minds. when their tax bills are an
alyzed. However, the State is rich, and
able to bear the expense-besides, it's no.
body's business.